Emmanuel Adebayor: I’d take Madrid over City, Spurs and Newcastle

Emmanuel Adebayor has admitted he has no desire to return to Manchester City at the end of the season – and suggested he would prefer to stay at Real Madrid than return to England at either of his suitors, reportedly Spurs and Newcastle.

Real Madrid are weighing up whether to offer Emmanuel Adebayor a permanent move to Spain (EPA)

The 27-year-old joined Madrid on loan in January and pressed his case for a permanent move with a two-goal display in Tuesday’s Champions League win over Tottenham.

When Adebayor joined, Madrid’s only fit striker was out-of-form Karim Benzema , but the Frenchman has since hit 12 goals in 12 games prior to suffering a hamstring injury.

Benzema is expected to return soon, though, and with Gonzalo Higuain – Madrid’s leading league scorer in the last two seasons – also available after back surgery Adebayor knows he needs to produce similar performances if he is to persuade Madrid to keep him on.

The former Togo international has been linked to both Spurs and Newcastle in recent weeks.

But asked if he wanted to stay at Madrid, Adebayor said: ‘Of course I do.

‘I don’t know at the moment [about my future]. I still have one or two months left so we will see.’

Regarding his impressive display against Spurs, the 27-year-old said: ‘It was my best game for Madrid. I’m very happy.

‘Now we have the second leg to finish the job. It puts us in a good position going to London.’